Hank Zipzer is not at all excited to hear that his mother is going to have a baby, and decides that in order to prepare for being a big brother, he needs a pet spider to help him learn responsibility.
year: 2007
call number/section: 1000
subjects: pregnancy, juvenile fiction, brothers and sisters, tarantulas, birthdays, families, new york (n.y.), juvenile fiction, history, 19th century, fiction